Chapter 286 The Prince Picks Up the Sword
After spending five days outside the city, the refugees realized that they could not enter the city at all. Their emotions gradually got out of control. As long as there were one or two people taking the lead, countless others would start to cause trouble.
They had just eaten the disaster relief dinner distributed by the court and were full of energy, so they rushed towards the guarding officers and soldiers.
When the prince arrived, the officers and soldiers and the disaster victims were already fighting each other. With the prince's order, the officers and soldiers did not dare to harm the victims, but the victims did not know the seriousness of the situation and hit the officers and soldiers with sticks, iron pots and torches, and soon burned several disaster relief tents.
The prince looked at the crowd carefully and found that the most aggressive people were very strong and did not look like ordinary people at all. He pointed at them and ordered, "Huaishui, take them down."
"yes."
Huaishui flew over and kicked down a man holding a torch, burning several officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers then rushed over and captured the man together.
Huaishui is the prince's personal bodyguard and also a master in the palace. With his help, the officers and soldiers can capture people more quickly.
However, those people's targets were not officers and soldiers.
Suddenly, a man flew out from among the refugees, holding a knife snatched from the soldiers, and descended from the sky, slashing straight at the prince.
"Bang——"
A stick came from a distance and knocked the knife off its course. The person who came was Buyan.
Zong Jincheng was worried when he saw the blazing fire outside, so he forced Bu Yan to come over and take a look. Sure enough, he saw that some bad guys wanted to harm His Highness.
The young man picked up a sword from the ground, stood in front of the prince and said seriously: "Don't be afraid, Your Highness, I will protect you!"
The prince shuddered, looking at the young boy's back. He was just as tall as his chest and didn't know any martial arts, but he protected him with such passion that he was deeply moved.
"Give me the sword," he said.
Zong Jincheng recalled the day when the prince was unable to hold the sword steadily, and quickly shook his head and said, "No, I'm really powerful. I can even stab Luo Jingfeng. I'm extremely talented!"
"Give me the sword." The prince said to him again.
The little devil was obedient and he was still very obedient, fearing that he would upset His Highness.
The moment he held the sword again, the nightmare that had troubled him day and night flashed through the prince's mind. That rainy night filled with blood and swords was also the haze that he could not get out of.
But he had to get out.
The prince's hands were still shaking. He held the sword and protected Jin Cheng as he retreated. However, there were too many killers hiding among the victims. Their movements were ferocious and without any warning. Every move was aimed at the prince.
"Your Highness, they are people from You Country. They have infiltrated the disaster victims."
The You people lost three cities in a row and could not defeat the army of Chu, so they wanted to kill the prince of Chu to give themselves a chance to catch their breath. The five days of peace were all a deceptive pretext, and they were aiming to kill the prince.
Huaishui shouted, "It will take another half an hour for our reinforcements to arrive. Your Highness, please retreat to the rear. We can still hold on for a while."
The prince retreated with Jin Cheng, and assassins flew out from both sides and came towards them. The prince used all his strength to swing the sword.
"Bang——" the sword broke.
The prince spat out a mouthful of blood.
Zong Jincheng's eyes widened: "Your Highness!"
"Your Highness!" The Crown Princess' voice came from a distance.
She hadn't seen the prince for a few days and was worried that his health might not be able to take it, so she thought of bringing the imperial physician over to check on him. On the way, she saw the flames rising into the sky and hurried over. Unexpectedly, she saw this scene as soon as she arrived.
The Crown Princess had not yet taken off her red hairpin. She had practiced martial arts since she was a child and was very skilled. At this moment, she was anxious and angry, so she picked up her sword and killed the killer.
The Crown Princess did not bring many people with her, but they were enough to hold out until reinforcements arrived. The Crown Prince had already fainted. The accompanying imperial physician rushed over to check his body and quickly replied, "Your Highness, there is no external injury. It's just that the action just now was too intense, which caused..."
What did you just introduce?
Zong Jincheng quickly looked at the imperial physician, but the physician refused to say anything.
The Crown Princess said anxiously: "Return to the capital! Return to the Eastern Palace!"
The night was extremely chaotic. The Crown Princess took the Crown Prince and Jin Cheng back to the capital. Reinforcements arrived soon and captured all the instigated refugees.
The killers of You State were all death warriors. After seeing the failure of their mission, they all bit themselves with poison and no one was left alive.
Zong Jincheng was extremely anxious in the Marquis' Mansion.
The Crown Princess did not bring him into the palace, and no news about the Crown Prince could be heard. He didn't know what was going on, and he was so anxious that he couldn't sleep.
After this ordeal, Xu Wan was also very scared. She stayed with him in the Little Devil's Courtyard and kept comforting him: "Don't worry, don't worry. You said that the assassin's sword didn't hit His Highness, so he must be fine."
"But mother, His Highness vomited blood, so much blood." The little devil was so anxious that his eyes turned red.
Xu Wan guessed: "The prince was not in good health to begin with, and maybe the force of the impact hit him."
"Is this really the case?" Zong Jincheng asked.
Xu Wanan soothed him, "Don't think too much. You are just scaring yourself in many things. Do you want to wait for the result? His Highness is the closest to you. He will not hide anything from you."
The kid gradually calmed down and told himself over and over again: "Yes, His Highness loves me the most. He has made an agreement with me that he will come to see me at least one day every month. He will definitely come."
Zong Jincheng waited anxiously for several days before he received news from the Eastern Palace saying that the prince was fine and told him not to worry or blame himself.
The little devil finally felt relieved, and said with grievance and fear: "I will never cause trouble for His Highness again. If he asks me to leave again, I will leave immediately."
Xu Wan patted him on the shoulder and said, "His Highness just told you not to blame yourself, but you're blaming yourself again. You think too much. Didn't Bu Yan block an attack for His Highness at that time? You did help His Highness, and you didn't hold him back."
Zong Jincheng fell into her arms, his voice a little unclear: "Mom, there are so many bad people in this world. His Highness is so good, why do so many people want to harm him?"
As Xu Wan stroked his hair, she thought, maybe it was because His Highness was so good that he would block many people's paths and was most likely to be persecuted.
However, telling children such words is undoubtedly a bad guide, as it will make them feel that good people do not get good rewards and that this world is not worth living.
But this world is certainly worth it.
Otherwise, why would the prince be so happy about it?
She patted the boy on the shoulder and said word by word, "So you have to work hard and never give this world to people you hate. The higher your position, the more veto power you will have. You can protect the people you want to protect and make way for all injustices."
The little devil's body trembled, and his blood boiled, as if he suddenly knew the goal of his efforts.